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In May, BAUER and eight carefully selected companies were invited to accompany German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emir­ates. This exclusive circle was made up of companies that represent the country most impressively in terms of their innovation, engineering skills and quality. For BAUER the invitation was a valued proof of esteem, while also standing for the obligation we have towards our customers and staff to constantly defend and expand our leading position in the market. A vital buil­ding block in this aim will be our new Product Engineering Program (PEP), which is our top priority.

Heinz BauerDr. Monika BayatPhilipp Bayat

EDITORIAL

In an honour that is not accorded to everyone, His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, welcomed the Chairman of the BAUER GROUP, Philipp Bayat, with a handshake in the presence of the German Chancel­lor. The photograph of the handshake was published in the largest daily news­paper in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), “The National”. A great privilege, which was clearly recognised as such by the public.

Philipp Bayat is proud of the honour, regarding it as “a sign of acknowledge­ment of the long­standing good rela­tions that link us with the Emirates”. And also a promising sign for the future;

as the Saudi Vice­Minister of the Econ­omy stressed, both the UAE and Saudi Arabia are seeking to “collaborate close­ly with Germany” in both political and economic terms.

Saudi Arabia is focusing on “Vision 2030”, the country’s master plan for economic reorganisation, reduction of dependence on oil, and renewal of its infrastructure.

Chancellor Merkel was therefore ac­companied by a veritable Who’s Who of German industry, spanning companies including Siemens, Deutsche Bahn and Lufthansa – as well as selected “hidden champions” of Germany’s industry such as the BAUER GROUP, home of unique

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BAUER KOMPRESSORENBAUER ACCOMPANIES THE GER MAN CHANCELLOR TO GULF STATES

Philipp Bayat, Dr. Monika Bayat, Heinz Bauer (from left to right)

Philipp Bayat is shaking hands with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates

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expertise that is highly sought­after around the world.

The visit to the Saudi Royal Palace in Riyadh was particularly fortuitous for the BAUER GROUP. At the official din­ner, Philipp Bayat was seated in a place of honour opposite the host, Sheikh Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the originator of “Vision 2030”.

In Saudi Arabia, BAUER is a leading player in the civil defence sector and is involved in numerous large­scale projects in the industrial and oil and gas sectors, in addition to more recent involvement in desalination plants. In the UAE, BAUER is responsible for pro­jects including expansion of the CNG fuel station network – one of the first major projects to launch the economic restructuring of the Arab peninsula around 2010.

WORLD TOUR FOR THE NEW STARSMINI-VERTICUS & VERTICUS

Curtain up at the end of January 2017: the new MINI­VERTICUS and VERTICUS stationary compressor sys­tems were finally revealed to the inter­national media at the world’s largest maritime trade show, “boot” in Düssel­dorf, and subsequently at HANNOVER MESSE. The systems have taken almost three years to develop.

After the German trade shows, the systems toured 13 further leading shows around the world, travelling to Singapore, Dubai, Russia, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Iran and Lebanon.

The new series represent a further milestone in BAUER KOMPRESSOREN’s 70­year history of product innovation. BAUER’s development team were un­compromising in tackling their task of significantly improving the successful predecessor systems in every respect.

And they were successful: the all­new housing design, with its bold, striking lines, expresses BAUER’s tech nological leadership in stationary high­pressure compressors. The attrac­tive, glossy finish conceals a well­thought­out operating concept that op­timally positions all the main functional elements of the system within easy reach of the operator; for example, fil­ters can now be easily changed in a moment.

And there have been some impres­sive changes inside too; in the SILENT version, a sophisticated soundproofing system significantly lowers the oper­ating noise level compared to the prece­ding system, while the new B­DRAIN condensate drain boosts efficiency and

protects materials and parts.But the feature that attracted the

most attention and marks BAUER’s competitive edge over its rivals most clearly is the new B­APP. Installed on a smartphone (iOS or Android) or tablet, it connects wirelessly to the compres­sor control unit to offer a whole new connectivity between system and user.

The smartphone display can be used to remotely monitor and control the main system parameters, including pressure, filter cartridge life and oil

Philipp Bayat (3rd from left) at economic talks under the patronage of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

The new MINI-VERTICUS and VERTICUS series, prominently showcased at HANNOVER MESSE

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temperature. Combined with B­DETEC­TION PLUS, a further new feature for on­line gas measurement, the app ensures seamless monitoring of compliance with defined air and gas toxin limit values.

The MINI­VERTICUS set up at the trade show stands was used for inter­active live demonstrations, where it was started up by smartphone. A giant mo nitor streamed the smartphone dis­play, allowing visitors to follow the sys­tem control and monitoring activities in real time.

PREMIERE AT COMVAC 2017 THE NEW BK 26

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN attended this year’s COMVAC with an array of innovative new products, once again rais ing the bar for performance and quality in the field of high­pressure air and gas compression.

The trade show started with the world premiere of the new GIB 26 SP series, under the heading of “Maximum Capa city@Minimum Footprint”. The se­ries combines extra­high FAD of up to

15,000 l/min with an extra­compact design achieved by combining the screw and piston blocks. The new BK 26 compressor block forms the heart of the series, even more compact than its predecessor and exceptionally quiet and smooth in operation; vibra­tions and pulsations are virtually unde­tectable. With low oil consumption and low­maintenance operation, the BK 26 offers outstanding value for money and low TCO for continuous­operation applications, even in the most extreme conditions.

The new MINI­VERTICUS and VERTI­CUS systems were further attractions at the trade show stand. The ground­breaking new design was the most striking feature, and immediately attracted attention. The new series are designed for compression of air, nitro­gen and – in gas­tight models – rare gases, and can also be supplied as in­take pressure booster systems.

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The new B-APP live in action. The app allows the status of the MINI-VERTICUS to be monitored in real time on the user’s smartphone display

Despite its compact dimensions, the new GIB 26-SP offers impressively high FAD specs by combining the compressor block and screw block

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 4.0

INTO THE FUTURE WITH PEP

Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revo­lution, is bringing ever more complex requirements to the field of product de­velopment. Cloud connection, predic­tive maintenance and smart human­ machine interfaces are all megatrends of the moment, and as the market leader for high­pressure systems, BAUER is driving progress for the future with its product developments.

To establish the optimum position for these tasks, BAUER GROUP’s holding company has introduced a change from a classic organisation with functional focus to a modern, process­driven frame­work. The new Product Engineering Process will be a cornerstone of this change process, which will also be avail­able as a business process after the ERP release change.

In our interview, Klaus Schröder, Head of Development and Design, de­scribes the key issues in the introduc­tion of the new PEP:

Mr Schröder, what’s the signifi-cance of PEP for BAUER and what does it mean for the company?

The term “PEP” stands for Product Engineering Process, and generally co­vers the entire process of creating a product, from the initial idea up to se­ries production.

PEP gives structure to the elements that are involved and places them within an organised timetable. PEP is designed as a series of phases, which allows the areas of the company involved to syn­chronise their activities.

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN produces a wide range of compressor models and integrated products and has the objec­tive of providing every customer with the perfect product. To achieve this all corporate areas have to play their part, and they do this within the Product Engineering Process.

By involving all areas of the company at an early stage and synchronising their activities, a project­based culture foun­ded on communication is built, and ulti­mately results in development of a pro­duct that reflects market needs.

Can you summarise BAUER’s aims in introducing the new PEP?

PEP requires extremely close collabo­ration, especially in the early stages of a project. This close focus on planning and design right at the start, is known as “frontloading”.

It allows potential problems to be detected at an early stage and ensures that a product will be quantifiably com­pleted in time for the planned start of series production. Transparency within a project is further boosted by ensuring adequate reporting. In­depth frontloa­ding throughout all project phases mini­mises the emergence of risks as the project progresses, and reduces the

need for changes after production start­up, thus slashing production start­up costs.

Is PEP going to be used for all company projects?

Although PEP is designed to be used for any type of project, its focus will be on new series products and the ad­vanced development of existing products.

PEP is an important strategic tool for securing and expanding the market leadership of BAUER KOMPRESSOREN over the long term.

Thank you for the interview!

CALIFORNIA RELIES ON BAUER CNG BUSES

California is setting its sights firmly on climate protection. A core element of the overall concept is the state’s changeover of public transport to cli­mate­friendly, low­emission fuels such as CNG.

To achieve this, the city of Reedley is increasingly turning to climate­friendly CNG­powered vehicles as school bu­ses. 33 of its 72 school buses, almost half of Reedley’s entire fleet, now ope­rate with natural gas, and further con­version of the fleet to CNG operation is scheduled for the future.

The exceptional expertise of BAUER COMPRESSORS in this field was the clincher in the tender for construction of the CNG fuelling stations required for the bus fleet. BAUER COMPRES­SORS’ outstanding reputation as a qual­ity and technology leader for CNG fuel­ling stations won the bid:

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Klaus Schröder (Head of Development and De-sign) explains the new PEP process

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DID YOU KNOW?

B­DRAIN is the successor to the classic condensate drain system previously used by BAUER. Its advanced features are designed to ensure lower­noise condensate draining with lower mechanical load than previous systems could achieve. The main advantage of the new system is the re­duced pressure loss during condensate drainage. This has several key benefits: Pressurised parts such as the filter housing and interstage separator are subjected to lower cyclical load, which ex­tends their life. The design of the system is now signifi­cantly more compact because the connecting piping that was required in the standard model is now unnecessary, the condensate valve is now located directly on the inter­stage or oil/water separator, and no flash tank is needed. As a further positive effect, reduced pressure loss can also result in increased free air delivery in continuous operation, depending on the system model.

The core of the new B­DRAIN system is the condensate valve, which functions as a pressure reducer: operating pressure in the condensate drain system is reduced from up to 550 bar to a control pressure of 2 to 9 bar.

When the compressor is started up (unpressurised sys­tem) the condensate valve is open. The solenoid valve (1) closes. As pressure rises in the compressor, the control pressure below the piston (2) likewise rises. The change in the valve face ratio causes the piston to move upwards and close the condensate valve.

To drain the condensate, the solenoid valve is opened. This causes the control pressure to fall, and the piston is pushed down by the operating pressure on the piston face (3) and the force of the spring (4). The condensate now flows over the piston, through the solenoid valve, and out through the condensate valve. The solenoid valve con­tains a flow control element (5) that causes the control pressure to rise again. This control pressure closes the

piston until the forces are in equilibrium. The outlet pres­sure of the condensate/compressed air is thus largely independent of the operating pressure. This is the main difference from previous condensate drain system mo­dels, in which the condensate/compressed air is re leased at the respective stage pressure (16 to 550 bar) into a condensate separator (Wilkerson separator). In this new model, condensate flows directly into the condensate vessel at an outlet control pressure of approx. 2 to 5 bar, practically independent of the operating pressure. At the end of the condensate drain process (timer­controlled) the solenoid valve is closed again, increasing the control pressure until the condensate valve closes.

How does B­DRAIN work?

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“With 10,000 school students to transport, we can’t afford any prob­lems with our CNG fuelling systems”, explained Keith Iaia, director of Kings Canyon Unified School District. He ad­ded that they regularly had to cover for neighbouring districts when technical problems occurred, to fill in for any lack of fuel provisions. Thanks to the reliability of their own two 26 model X­Fill systems from BAUER, they had

never needed to ask for support them­selves.

Dr. John Quinto, Assistant Superin­tendent Business Services, also listed the negligible oil consumption, high ef­ficiency of the water cooling system and, last but not least, the outstanding service quality of the systems as further key criteria in the city’s choice of BAUER.

BAUER CHINA NEW FACTORY

BAUER CHINA in Shanghai has gone from strength to strength since its foundation in 2008.

The original premises had an area of 1,200 square metres and were desig­ned purely as a sales office. However, customers had high expectations of BAUER KOMPRESSOREN as a premium manufacturer, and the company was faced with the need to expand its work­force in the areas of design, quality

management, marketing and training in order to ensure rapid local supply of the tailored solutions demanded by its ever­growing customer base.

The expansion measures were re­warded by doubled sales; the head­count at BAUER CHINA quickly rose to 70 in the years following its establish­ment, while the number of partners like wise grew to 33. After this growth spurt, the premises were bursting at the seams and the decision was taken to find a new location.

Success in this venture was repor­ted in July 2016, when a suitable 5,200­square­metre site for long­term rent was found in the SMUDC Minhang business complex. The new location fulfils all the criteria, including the ca­pacity to store 40­ft containers. With these new capacity reserves, BAUER CHINA is now excellently prepared to tackle new challenges on the market and embrace growth perspectives in the future.

PERSPECTIVE CNG FRANCE STEPS ON THE GAS

As climate change progresses, fun­damental change is sweeping through the history of humanity. Slowing this change is the most urgent challenge fa­cing us in the 21st century. At the Paris Conference two years ago, the 195 participating countries agreed to dras­tically reduce CO2 levels. As the host of the conference, France adopted a pioneering role in implementing the cli­mate targets. Developments were dras­tically accelerated by the diesel scan­

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Reedley District’s CNG vehicle fleet is constantly growing, and already has 33 vehicles

The new company headquarters in SMUDC Minhang business complex, Shanghai

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dal. France drew up the extremely ambitious target of cutting CO2 levels from road traffic by 40 per cent.

For example, diesel vehicles will be prohibited in Paris from 2025. Energy companies and service providers are likewise changing their practices. 9,000 trucks ply the roads every day to serve Carrefour, Europe’s second lar­gest retail group; those trucks will now be gradually converted to operation with climate­neutral biogas by Air Li­quide, the world’s largest producer of

special gases. The necessary fuelling station infrastructure will likewise be established by Air Liquide. As a strate­gic partner, BAUER will supply the natu­ral gas infrastructure that is necessary for efficient, failsafe and reliable fuel­ling of large vehicle fleets.

On 7 April, the first of five biogas fuelling stations in Greater Paris was ceremonially opened in Sevron. Two large­scale BK26 and BK52 compres­sors, the flagship models in BAUER’s compressor block portfolio, now re­liably supply compressed biogas as climate­neutral fuel, and are already serv ing 80 large delivery trucks a day even in this start­up phase. At the opening, leading representatives of Air Liquide gave statements enthusiasti­cally confirming the quality of BAUER systems and the smooth professiona­lism of the project completion.

Pierre Etienne Franc, Vice­President of Air Liquide, explained why BAUER had won the tender for the contract:

“There were several reasons why we chose BAUER, including their technolo­gical expertise and the high quality of the materials they use. Support in pro­ject development was also crucial, as is BAUER’s customer service once the fuelling stations are in operation. The reliability of the systems is of critical importance to our customers. We found during testing that the products BAUER had supplied were exactly in line with our specifications and our ex­pectations of the project.”

Xavier Pontone, Vice President Ad­ vanced Business & Technologies and responsible for driving future technolo­gies at Air Liquide, adds more detail about why BAUER was selected as key supplier by Air Liquide: the quality and reliability of BAUER’s compressor mo­dule, he notes, enables Air Liquide to offer its customer Carrefour an out­standing integrated solution that he is confident will deliver long­term cus­tomer satisfaction.

PUBLISHING CREDITS

Published byBAUER KOMPRESSOREN GmbH Stäblistr. 8 81477 Munich, Germany www.bauer-kompressoren.de

Editorial TeamAnnette Adam, Ralf Deichelmann

Texts Ralf Deichelmann, Jörg Denzer

Layout Annette Adam

Photos Seite 1, 2, 4: Ralf Deichelmann Seite 1: Ryan Carter/Crown Prince Court -

Abu DhabiSeite 2: Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler Seite 6: BAUER USASeite 6: BAUER CHINASeite 7: Martin Kosok

The opening of the new biogas fuelling station in Sevron by Air Liquide and Carrefour. Photo, from left: Xavier Pontone, Vice President Advanced Business & Technologies/Air Liquide, Philipp Bayat, Chairman/ BAUER GROUP and Noël Prioux, Directeur Exécutif/Carrefour France

Etienne Franc, Vice-President Air Liquide, expres-ses his thanks for the smooth project completion

BAUER CalendarEXHIBITIONS 2ND/3RD QUARTER 2017

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Exhibition Topic Location Dates

BAUER COMPRESSORS Asia (BCA)

ADEX (Asian Dive Expo) Breathing Air Singapore 07.–09.04.2017

MIDE Malaysia (Malaysia International Dive Expo) Breathing Air Kuala Lumpur 12.–14.05.2017

DRT Philippines (Dive Resorts Travel) Breathing Air Manila 08.–10.09.2017

BAUER COMPRESSORS U.S.A. (BCI)

Alt Fuels Mexico Industry/CNG Mexico City 04.–07.04.2017

FDIC International ­ Fire Department Instructors Conference Breathing Air Indianapolis 24.–29.04.2017

ACT Expo Advanced Clean Transportation Industry Long Beach 01.–04.05.2017

OTC Offshore Technology Conference Industry/Oil & Gas Houston 01.–04.05.2017

FRI Fire Rescue International Breathing Air Charlotte 26.–29.07.2017

BAUER COMPRESSEURS France (BCF)

EXPOBIOGAZ Industry Bourdeaux 31.05.–01.06.2017

FIP Solution Plastique 2017 Industry Lyon 13.–16.06.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN China (BKC)

China Fire Breathing Air Beijing 05.–08.09.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN U.A.E. (BKG)

Intersec, Saudi Breathing Air Jeddah 02.–04.05.2017

Iran Oil and Gas Show Industry/Oil & Gas Tehran 07.–09.05.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN India (BKI)

3rd International Exhibition & Conference on Steel Industry Industry Mumbai 20.–22.04.2017

Fire India 2017 Breathing Air Mumbai 07.–09.09.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN Russia (BKR)

Neftegaz Industry/CNG Moscow 17.–20.04.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN Australia (BKA)

International Boat Show Breathing Air Sydney 03.–07.08.2017

AFAC Fire Show Breathing Air Sydney 04.–07.09.2017

BAUER COMPRESSORS Japan (BKK)

National Rescue Meet Sendai Breathing Air Sendai 23.08.2017

German­Japanese Defense and Security Technology Forum Industry Tokyo 26.–27.09.2017

BAUER KOMPRESSOREN U.K. (BUK)

Northern Dive Show Breathing Air Manchester 08.–09.04.2017

Emergency Services Show Breathing Air Birmingham 20.–21.09.2017W

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